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Blacking' Case and Night Chair. No. 56,535. Patented July 24, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEioE.

J. H. DOUGHTY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED BLACKlNG-CASE AND NIGHT-CHAIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,535, dated July 24, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, J. H. DOUGHTY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Blacking-Oase and Night Chair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical section of this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View of the same when the cover is open to expose the blacking-case. Fig. 3 is a similar view when the blacking-case is turned up to expose the parts below.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a blacking-case which is arranged in a suitable box under the seat of a chair, stool, settee, or other similar article. In the same box, and under the blacking-case, may also be placed a dressing-case and a night-chair of suitable construction and so arranged that its cover closes down tight to prevent the escape of unpleasant odors. Under the box is a boot-jack, which is made to slide in and out, and another boot-jack may be hinged to the side of the box or chair.

A represents the seat of achair, stool, settee, or other article, which is connected to the body or case B by means of hinges a, so that it can be turned down to the position shown in Fig. 1, or up to the position shown in Fig. 2.

Under the seat A, and in the top of the box B, is the blacking-case O, which is composed of a foot-board, b, which rises between two depressed spaces, 0 0, one of which forms a box-holder, while the other serves to hold the blacking-brush.

The cavity 0, which forms the box-holder, is tapering, and its sides are slightly undercut or V-shaped, so that the same is capable to retain an ordinary blacking-box, d, of any suitable size, and also a cup, 0, in which is secured a wet sponge. By applying the brush first to the sponge and then to the blacking a suitable quantity of blacking can be taken up without trouble and without danger of applying too much water to the brush.

In either of the cavities 0 and 0 may also be made a well, f, to receive one of my improved blacking-boxes or blacking-cartridges, which I have described in Letters Patent granted to me March 14, 1865, and which are simple cylinders with a movable bottom, which serves to feed up the blacking-cartridge just as the same is wanted.

The blacking-case O is secured by means of hinges g to the top of the dressing-case D, which consists of a separate box provided with suitable compartments to receive shaving utensils, tooth-brush, combs, soap, &c. This dressing-case is loosely set into the box B, and on removing it therefrom the night-chair E is revealed. Said night-chair occupies the bottom part of the box B, and it is composed of a box with a closely-fitting outer cover, h, and with an inner cover, i, in which is cut a suitable aperture, j. Both these covers are fastened to the box E by hinges, so that they can be turned back for the purpose of introducing or removing the vessel V.

A handle, it, in the outer cover, It, serves to remove the night-chair from the box B, and when the same is placed on the fioor it is of a convenient height for a child. For grown persons it may be placed on the tops of strips 1, which are inclosed in the night-chair, and which, in that case, are placed edgewise under said chair in the bottom of the box B.

To the rear side of the box B is hinged a boot-jack, J, so that the same can be turned up out of the way or down to a convenient position for use. Another boot-jack, J, slides in and out under the bottom of the box B, and this jack is so arranged that when the same is drawn out to its full extent it assumes an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 1, and in this position it can be used with convenience. When it is not to be used, said boot-jack is pushed back under the bottom of the box B, and it is then entirely concealed and out of the way.

The seat A may be upholstered, if desired, or the blacking-case may be attached to an ordinary stool, bench, or settee, and the dressin g-case and the night-chair, either orboth, may be omitted, according to the price which the article is to bring and according to the place where the same is to be used.

By these means a cheap and convenient article is obtained, which can be used with ad vantage in a room,kitchen, or office, or, in fact, 1n any place Where persons desire to clean and polish their boots.

3. The sponge-cup e, in combination with an ottoman, chair, stool, or other similar article arranged as a blacking-case, substantially in the manner described.

4:. The adjustable boot-jack J or J, in combination with an ottoman, chair, stool, or other similar article arranged as a blaeking-case,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth. The above specification of my invention signed by me this 6th day of June, 1866.

J. H. DOUGHTY.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

